OTTAWA—Russia’s recent complaints about its Ottawa embassy being blocked by protesters and attacked with a Molotov cocktail shed light on the tricky balance Canada faces in protecting diplomatic missions. “We have an unquestioned responsibility,” said Roy Norton, who served as Canada’s protocol chief from 2016 to 2019, overseeing the security of diplomatic missions within Canada….
Navy Commander Defends Need for 15 New Warships as Ottawa Reassesses Costs
The head of the Royal Canadian Navy is admitting to some worries that the military’s ability to operate with only 12 frigates in recent years could be used as a way to justify permanently shrinking the size of Canada’s maritime fleet. But Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee says some of the navy’s current limitations, which includes an…
Wisconsin Judge Rules Against Enbridge on Line 5, but Stops Short of Shutdown
A Wisconsin judge has ruled in favour of an indigenous band in its dispute with Enbridge over Line 5, but stopped short of shutting down the controversial cross-border pipeline. District Court Judge William Conley says the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa has proven it was entitled to revoke permission for the pipeline…
Atlantic Premiers Ask Ottawa for Short-Term Extension on Carbon Plan Deadline
The four Atlantic premiers have sent a letter to the federal government requesting a short–term extension past Friday’s deadline to submit a plan to address carbon emissions. Writing on behalf of the premiers, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is also requesting a meeting with federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault in order to identify “practical solutions to this…
Ottawa Invokes 1977 Pipeline Treaty in Separate Line 5 Dispute, This One in Wisconsin
For the second time in a year, the federal government is invoking a little-known 1977 energy treaty between Canada and the United States to defend the Line 5 pipeline. This time, it’s in Wisconsin, where Line 5 skirts the southwestern shores of Lake Superior before crossing into Michigan. In both states, federal judges are hearing…
Father of Iran Flight Crash Victim Arrives in Ottawa With Demands for Justice
The father of a victim aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752—shot down by Iranian missiles in January 2020—has arrived in Ottawa after marching for over two weeks to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Mehrzad Zarei, father of 17-year-old Arad who died in the shootdown, began his journey from Richmond Hill, Ont., to Ottawa on Aug….
US Lawmakers, Advocates Pushing Ottawa to Eliminate ArriveCan, Open Nexus Offices
Lawmakers and advocates in the United States are ramping up the pressure on the federal government to ease travel delays between the U.S. and Canada. The Canadian American Business Council’s new campaign, “Travel Like it’s 2019,” aims to flood federal MPs with public demands for action. It calls on Ottawa to scrap the troublesome ArriveCan…
Cory Morgan: Newly Released Court Docs Show Liberals’ Case for Using Emergencies Act Is Falling Apart
Commentary The Liberal government’s case for invoking the Emergencies Act in response to the truckers’ Freedom Convoy protests last February is falling apart and the formal inquiry into the use of the act hasn’t even begun yet. We are starting to see why the government repealed its own act mere days after invoking it and…
Ottawa Woman Who Went Missing in 1980 Had Been Living Outside Canada, Recently Died
A four-decade-old missing persons case has been resolved more than a year after the woman’s family made a renewed plea for information. Dale Nancy Wyman told some family members she was thinking of leaving her Ottawa-area home before she disappeared in July 1980. Ottawa police say the 22-year-old was last seen taking a taxi to…
‘Three Weeks That Shook the World’: Veteran Journalist Pens Inside Story of Freedom Convoy
When Andrew Lawton was dispatched to cover the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa this winter, he witnessed first-hand the discrepancy between what he observed on the ground and what was reported in the legacy media. The journalism fellow at True North and host of The Andrew Lawton Show recently released a book about his observations…
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